Mother Midnight

In Paul Doherty's gripping medieval mystery, "The Devil’s Breath," Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the Secret Seal, returns to a chaotic Westminster in 1312 to investigate the murder of a royal clerk found poisoned in a locked chamber. As he unearths connections between this crime and the mysterious disappearances of novices at the Convent of Saint Sulpice, Corbett navigates a treacherous landscape filled with assassins and intrigue, all while contending with the dark influences of a high-class brothel and its malevolent owner, Mother Midnight. With his loyal companions by his side, Corbett must rely on his wit to unravel the deadly web of conspiracy threatening to engulf him.